The revolutionary helmsman : Mao and Maoism -- Continuing the revolution : rural collectivisation and the great leap forward -- Destroying the revolution : the great proletarian Cultural Revolution -- Revolutionary or revisionist? Foreign policy under Mao -- Stuttering towards recovery : the political succession to Mao and the rise of Deng Xiaoping -- Abandoning the revolution : recovery, reform and repression in the 1980s -- China's economic rejuvenation : assessing the price of success -- China's rejuvenation on the world stage : an international threat or a peaceful regional power? -- A Chinese perspective on human rights : discourse, diplomacy and defensive nationalism -- China's theory of regime legitimacy : using the past to serve the present -- China and the environment : the discourse of eco-civilisation -- The narrative of Chinese nationalism : national rejuvenation or a double-edged sword?